218 Pages
by
Routledge
Adopting a fresh approach, this book explores our understanding of nature’s limits and proposes a new perspective to reframe the relationship between these limits and human freedom.
Where should we look to uncover the deeper roots of today’s environmental disagreements?
A common answer might be: the conflict between nature’s limits and human freedom. Yet, surprisingly, this critical topic has... Read more
1. The Question of Limits in Nature 2. Philosophizing Limits – Introduction 3. Limits in nature – introduction 4. Coming across limits in our everyday life 5. Freedom and Limits 6. Relating to limits in politics, ethics and economy
Biography
Svein Anders Noer Lie is an associate professor at The Arctic University of Norway- UiT in Tromsø. He has previously published the book Limits in Nature: Rethinking Naturalness (2016) and a number of papers in environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology and philosophy of medicine. He is the current leader of the environmental philosophy network at UiT.
